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Putting Tasks to the Test: Human Capital, Job Tasks, and Wages

Autor, David H., Handel, Michael J.·2013·Journal of Labor Economics
DOI 10.1086/669332
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Using original, representative survey data, we document that analytical, routine, and manual job tasks can be measured with high validity, vary substantially within and between occupations, are significantly related to workers’ characteristics, and are robustly predictive of wage differences between occupations and among workers in the same occupation. We offer a conceptual framework that makes explicit the causal links between human capital endowments, occupational assignment, job tasks, and wages, which motivate a Roy model of the allocation of workers to occupations. We offer two simple tests of the model’s gross predictions for the relationship between tasks and wages, both of which receive qualified empirical support.

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Authors
Autor, D. H., & Handel, M. J.
Venue
Journal of Labor Economics
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
2013-04
Volume
31
Issue
S1
Pages
S59-S96
ISSN
  • 0734-306X (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-5307
DOI
10.1086/669332
OpenAlex
W1506869707
Cited by
630
References
31
FWCI
51.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Autor, D. H., & Handel, M. J. (2013). Putting Tasks to the Test: Human Capital, Job Tasks, and Wages. Journal of Labor Economics. https://doi.org/10.1086/669332

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